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Texas Attorney General Reports · Nov 27, 1991

Your request letter states that you have concluded that "to be eligible and qualified to write a bail bond for a case pending in a court in Tarrant County, the person acting as bondsman must be licensed by a Bail Bond Board … Counties of over 110,000 population must, and counties with smaller populations may, establish county bail bond boards. Id. section 5(a).

Opinion No. Oag 32-81, (1981)

70 Op. Att'y Gen. 133 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Jul 9, 1981

In sec. 141.07, Stats., counties are authorized to establish dental clinics. Section 46.21 (2)(a), Stats., directs county boards of public welfare to supervise the operation of guidance clinics. … Thus, the Legislature clearly expressed its intent to restrict municipal borrowing for clinics exclusively to those operated by physicians.

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Nov 6, 2001

The term "state agency" is broadly defined to mean "a board, office, commission, department, institution, court, or other agency in any branch of state government," id . § 3(c), and clearly includes the System, an agency … Section 83, in turn, establishes an income recognition rule for transfers of property. See id . § 83 (1994).

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1966

shall establish a Court of Civil Appeals in each of said districts, which shall consist of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, . . . … "A statute will be construed so that it will harmonize with other existing law, unless its rovisions clearly manifest a contrary intention.

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Aug 14, 1997

There are clearly a number of nongovernmental entities, such as utility, railroad, or tramway companies, that have condemnation authority. See generally 32 Tex. … The court held that assessment of the rollback tax against the RTC was barred based on sovereign immunity.

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Colorado Attorney General Reports · Apr 14, 1977

to be elected by the qualified electors of the district. … The court in Wilmore , supra , clearly recognized this principle: By vesting the power in districts to levy and collect taxes for the support of the school or schools in such districts, the state was but adopting a means

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 13, 2001

It is our opinion that the prior law of Louisiana Acts 1972, No. 34 , amending R.S. 13:1952 (18) was repealed by the subsequent law of Louisiana Acts 1980, No. 577 , amending R.S. 13:1872 (A) by providing clearly and unequivocally … The election of the justices of the peace and constables includes those qualified voters within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace court. R.S. 13:2582 (B) and 2583(B).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 11, 2002

Woodard, 203 Ark. 254 , 156 S.W.2d 243 [1941], is clearly controlling. Quoting from Wood v. … Revis II was not a case in which the officer was qualified upon entry but lost his qualification later. In Starnes v.

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 29, 2002

Clearly, the protective function of a school law enforcement officer may be performed on any school property, on property adjacent to school property, or at sites at which school-sponsored activities are taking place. … Maximum speed limits are established by state statute or local resolution or ordinance. 43 A violation of a speed limit established in Article 15 of Chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated results in a traffic infraction

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Florida Attorney General Reports · Aug 12, 1994

(c) It must have an average population density of at least 1.5 persons per acre or have extraordinary conditions requiring the establishment of a municipal corporation with less existing density. … Prescribes the form of government and clearly defines the responsibility for legislative and executive functions. 2.

Maryland Attorney General Opinion 99OAG088

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Aug 20, 2014

We emphasize, in this context, that the applicants must indeed be qualified. … Jan. 12, 1998) (aspirational documents and policy to recruit broadest possible applicant pool and hire the most qualified did not establish a “tendency to discriminate”).

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2002

The first two elements-the distribution of one or more prizes by chance-are clearly present in the sweepstakes game here. … The Charitable Raffle Enabling Act authorizes qualified organizations-qualified religious societies, qualified volunteer fire departments, qualified volunteer emergency medical service organizations, or qualified nonprofit

Opinion No. (2005)

Nebraska Attorney General Reports · Jan 12, 2005

The Nebraska Capital Expansion Act provides for deposits into commercial banking channels and capital stock financial institution or qualifying mutual financial institution channels that return only interest income, not capital … Pursuant to the investment policies established by the Nebraska Investment Council, which are written with this prudent man standard in mind, the Investment Council has authorized investments in diversified portfolios and

Opinion No. (1996)

Missouri Attorney General Reports · Jan 22, 1996

It is a "well-established rule of statutory construction that where one statute deals with a particular subject in a general way, and a second statute treats a part of the same subject in a more detailed way, the more general … Auditors who were in office before the bill authorizing the increase was effective clearly were not entitled to the increase during their current term.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1955

It is equally well established that where the Constitution authorizes the levy of a special tax by the qualified prop- erty taxpaying voters, such tax is not levied by the school district or munlclpallty but by the delegated … Section 2 of the Act provides that the school district "may issue bonds and may levy ad valorem taxes . . .", clearly showing that the Act is prospective in operation only.

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Nov 20, 1987

Because it would not be focused upon collecting the debt but would be deemed to be an establishment of the existing claim. … We think that the legislative intent behind this hastily-drafted and ambiguous statute is most clearly reflected in Representative Morales' statements.

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Florida Attorney General Reports · Oct 12, 1982

The legislative department of the government consists of the city commission, five members in number, duly elected by the qualified voters of the city. The executive department of the government consists of the mayor. … The presence of the mayor at city council meetings does not count for purposes of establishing a quorum although it is his duty to attend all meetings of the city council.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Mar 30, 1988

Other sections of the Revenue and Taxation Code indicate that when the Legislature wished to exclude certain entities from an exemption from taxation, it has clearly done so. … This statutory presumption would be rebutted by establishing that the hospital was organized or operated for profit, e.g., by showing that its articles of incorporation provide for the payment of profits to shareholders as

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 1, 2000

The qualified electors of the District authorized the imposition of a sales tax dedicated for the purposes of paying the cost of construction, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating a solid waste collection and disposal … There is no indication that it is meant to be an exception to the rule of § 14(A); the exceptions are clearly contained in § 14(B).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 18, 1998

The fact that the Legislature found it necessary to amend the Public Bid Law in 1991 to authorize pre-qualification of bidders for historical restoration projects clearly indicates that pre-qualification for other types of … The Louisiana Contractor's Licensing Law establishes which contractors are eligible to do various types of public (and private) work.